Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 363 The Death of the Wind

All Lakers fans feel like they are on a roller coaster, from hell to heaven in just a few seconds.

The fiery atmosphere at the Suns' home court seemed to have been injected with dry ice, and fell to the bottom in an instant.

The referee was looking back at the video, and the Suns fans were still praying for a miracle, hoping that the referee could find some evidence from the video that could prove that the ball was invalid, but the video clearly showed that Garnett overpowered Boozer and took the lead to pop the ball The ball points to the basket, and there is still 0.6 seconds before the ball leaves his fingertips. When the basketball changes direction and flies back into the basket, the red light will turn on. There is no problem.

The score has been added up, and the Lakers will hug each other and celebrate wildly in front of the bench. Garnett is surrounded by his teammates, yelling and venting his emotions.

Jim secretly took a towel and wiped off the sweat from his palms. The head coach D'Antoni and most of the Suns players had already returned to the locker room. It seemed that there was no need to shake hands and salute each other.

Only Nash held his head in his hands and stood blankly under the basket without saying a word.Marion came over and tried to comfort their point guard.

Taking a deep breath to adjust their emotions, the two slowly left the field from the player tunnel, and the Suns fans on both sides who had not left the field gave them warm applause.

113 to 112, the Lakers narrowly won the away game. Compared with the first matchup between the two sides, the Lakers scored 2 points more, but it was these 2 points that created a completely different result.

Kobe is undoubtedly the best player for the Lakers. Fei Xia made 28 of 17 shots and scored 46 points. He has scored 40 points in two consecutive games. He made the first contribution to the Lakers' victory.

Garnett, who contributed to the lore, also performed well, not only scored a large double-double with 23 points and 21 rebounds, but also had stable and efficient output on both ends of the offense and defense, and under his pressure, Boozer only scored 14 points 8 rebounds, performance is far below the regular season.

For the Suns, Nash scored a game-high 48 points and 11 assists. Although he made 6 turnovers, the flaws were not concealed. Boozer, Joe Johnson and Quentin Richardson were all restricted to varying degrees. He carried the team forward, and the three-pointer at the critical moment was almost fatal. It made people see that the Canadian poet can not only thread the needle, but also put down the baton and pick up the bloodthirsty butcher knife when necessary.

Marion became Nash's only reliable helper in this game. The Hackers scored 27 points, 12 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks.

Such an unreserved duel, if placed in the regular season when the outcome is relatively unimportant, would be described as a game with no losers, but in the crucial playoffs where the outcome and life-and-death matchups between Tianwangshan Among them, it is the winner who loses the bandit, there is no such thing as a glorious defeat.

"The coach arranged for me to take the initiative to face Steve Nash in the last defense, hoping that I could limit him, but I didn't prevent his three-pointer. I have to admit, it was an incredible shot, but it was good. After I completed the redemption in the next round, my teammates tried their best. If I lose this game because of me, I will never forgive myself." After the game, Garnett talked about it in an interview The last attack and defense.

"This is the defensive strategy we formulated before the game. Blocking the rest of the Suns and forcing Steve Nash to attack by himself, but his performance was really wonderful, and he made many difficult shots. At that time, even I was a little bit Shaken, once considered whether to adjust the strategy, Kobe and Kevin responded in time, allowing us to stay in the game and maintain the lead for a long time. Ron and their defense also contributed a lot, I like it His restrictions on Joe Johnson. Of course, we will take a good look at the video in these two days, aiming at the offense of the Suns, and find a defensive strategy balance. To be honest, leaving aside my position in the Lakers, standing From a completely neutral point of view, I'm a huge Steve Nash fan, and I can't even understand why Mark Cuban would let go of an MVP-level player for a mere $500 million." Jim was terrified. Winning was too thrilling, and of course he did not forget to make up for his old rival Cuban.

"The two guard members of this year's first team, Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash teamed up to give the fans an epic matchup, reminding me of Allen Iverson in previous years. The battle with Vince Carter, but the ending reminded me of the finals of that year, Iverson challenged the Lakers, Charles, do you also feel that Steve Nash seemed a little isolated in this game Helpless? He has to link up the team and score by himself, and still get such exaggerated statistics, he really did his best." Kenny Smith expressed his distress for Nash's empty cut performance.

"It's not that I disrespect Sean Marion. He's done well enough, but he can only 'help' Steve Nash solve problems, not solve problems by himself. Unlike Kobe Bryant, he It is not necessary to consider how the whole team organizes the offense for every ball. More often, he only needs to try to send the ball passed to him into the basket. This is the most suitable job for him As for Carlos Boozer, I don't have much hope for him. If he is replaced by Pau Gasol of the Grizzlies or something else with a little defensive line inside, the sun's upper limit will not stop there. "The old club lost, and Charles Barkley seemed a little disappointed, and he even blatantly criticized Boozer's soft performance.

Compared with the focus matchup between the Lakers and the Suns, the fifth round of the Spurs and the Supersonics received much less attention. The Spurs performed steadily. Jerome James did not perform miracles. Although he scored 16 points and 12 rebounds, the Spurs All the people were soldiers, 7 scored in double figures, and Prince froze Ray Allen in the audience, making the Sonics boss completely miss. He only made 28 of 7 shots and scored only 18 points. The Spurs beat the Sonics 112 to 80, the total score 4 to 1 took the lead in touching the floor of the Western Conference Finals.

In the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Nets played against the Heat. The Nets had a last stand. Kidd scored a triple-double with 10 points, 14 rebounds and 17 assists. Carter and Richard Jefferson each scored 28 points. As for the Heat, Odom performed poorly, making 7 turnovers, and a pass out of bounds at a critical moment ruined the Heat's efforts to chase points.

(End of this chapter)